Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Coral Gables Times
Thursday, May 4, 1961, page 48 (of 56)
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BY CHRISTINA PAPPAS
PHOTOGRAPHS BY STEVEN C. WILSON BY CHRISTINA PAPPAS Natchez and the Robert E. Lee or who may have seen "Showboat" or pictures of people crowding levees as the steamboats docked at New Orleans. Between 1830 and 1890 river-boat travel, whenever possible, was the most comfortable, most enjoyable, and one of the fastest ways to go anywhere. Railroads might be unreliable; stagecoach travel might be messy and uncomfortable. but the Continued on page 29 Cincinnati's market stays open till midnight. This scene hasn't changed since Mark Twain's day. Suburbia Today, May 1961 27
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